One car leaves a given point and travels north at 40 mph. Another car leaves 1 HOUR LATER, and travels west at 50 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been traveling for 1 hour?

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One car leaves a given point and travels north at 40 mph. Another car leaves 1 HOUR LATER, and travels west at 50 mph. At what rate is the distance between the cars changing at the instant the second car has been traveling for 1 hour?

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